TICKETS $15

Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m. 

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THE EXPERIENCE

A special screening of rare skateboarding films from the 1960s hosted by Stephen Slappe of the Dead Media Hour archive. Two early classics, Skaterdater (1965) and Rouli-roulant, a.k.a. The Devil’s Toy (1966) will be projected in glorious 16mm film. A never-before-seen collection of beautiful home movies filmed by East Bay skateboarders in Oakland and Berkeley in 1965 will also be shown. Originally shot on silent 8mm film, a high-definition scan of these amateur movies will be accompanied by Slappe adding context to their history and significance as well as live 45 record spinning by DJ Lazerwolf, all deep cuts from 1965. You don’t have to be a skateboarder to love this show, but skateboarders will definitely love this show!

ON STAGE: Stephen Slappe

Stephen Slappe makes images and their attendant technologies feel strange again. Photographic, cinematic, and digital images have become the language of everyday communication and the grammar of that language should remain visible. Using video, sound, installation, and interactivity, he playfully dismantles and rebuilds images in an effort to understand their structure and meaning.

Stephen Slappe is an artist and archivist based in Portland, Oregon. Slappe’s work has exhibited at venues including the Karachi Biennale, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Transart Triennale (Berlin), The Horse Hospital (London), The Sarai Media Lab (New Delhi), Artists’ Television Access (San Francisco) and Currents (Santa Fe). He has received multiple grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (Portland) and the Oregon Arts Commission in support of his research and creative work. Slappe’s evolving media archiving project, Dead Media Hour, unearths neglected films, videos, and audio recordings in an effort to preserve their histories and connect them to current events.